45 – A Girl’s Only Friend
I like playing with air.
Because I don’t have to prepare anything else, enough to do with 5 small pebbles lying on the street.
“…Ah…! It fell..!”
I failed to do air while thinking of something else by myself.
Yeon Seon picked up a stone that was rolling around at my feet and handed it to me.
“It’s okay if you do it again!”
“Yes..!”
What I like about playing with air is that I don’t have to compete with others, and also- I can keep trying many times even if I fail.
That’s good. Chasing tag, hide and seek, kicking cans – all of them are fun, but… The winner and the loser. Because the outcome is fixed.
Me and Yoo Seon. I don’t like the fact that one of them has to be defeated unconditionally. I wish we could win amicably… But then the game won’t work.
“…There’s something strange on your head. I’ll shake it off.”
-Tuk-tuk.
It’s good for Yoo Seon to remove dust from my hair with her fingers.
When my classmates see me, they always say that I’m squeamish, cover my nose saying that I stink, and… Hit me and harass me, but I really liked that Yoo Seon never said such a thing to me.
And when kids like Taeyang Kim hit and harass me, I stop them… The one who saved me last time was also Yoo Seon. Wonderful prince. It was so cool
Again- Yusun plays with me, eats with me, reads to me in the library, and teaches me to study. If I were to pick the nicest person in the world, I would definitely say Yoo Seon!
“…Ah. Jinah, I think I’ll have to go soon!”
Has that much time already passed…? It seems like we just played after school… It was a bit sad that the time had come for us to part.
When I go home……The other kids don’t want to go to school. Having said that, I rather prefer school than home.
Because, unlike at home, when I go to school, I get food, cool cool- he doesn’t say anything even when I sleep, and also… Yoo Seon plays with me all the time-
That’s why I like school better than home. Already- The fact that vacation is coming in a little bit is so terrible.
That… I don’t want to break up with you. I want to play air games, I want to play ttakji, I want to go to the arcade together, and I have to eat ground…
“Let’s meet again tomorrow and play!”
“…Yeah”
Yoo Seon seemed to notice that I was regretting it. Just laughing and talking about meeting tomorrow and playing, I wish I could go to school tomorrow with a smile on my face too.
It’s always scary to go home and see my mother. However, thinking about seeing Yu Seon who greets me with a smile tomorrow makes me feel good already.
“Hey, Yoo Seon-ah… You’re going to Hanbit Middle School, right..?”
“…Yeah. I think I’ve already asked 5 times today alone.”
“I like it… I like it…”
There is nothing more important to me than this.
That… I’m in the 6th grade now, so I have to decide where to go to middle school. Of course, I applied to the same school as Yusun for 1st, 2nd, and 3rd choices…
Fortunately, Yoo Seon and I went to the same school. And the day was very good.
Just- Blood flowed down my calves, but I didn’t cry and hesitantly- I laughed in my sleep. The fact that I will be able to stay at the same school as Yoo Seon for another 3 years made me happier than anything else.
Eat together, go to the library and read books, and also- ride the swings at the playground. The middle school has more classes than the elementary school, so I really liked being able to stay in school for a longer period of time.
High school says it’s a palm, so you can stay at school from morning until late at night… Hurry up. I hope it gets bigger soon than it does now.
2)
I became the middle school student I dreamed of. I haven’t bought school uniforms or anything like that because I don’t have money, but… But I don’t have to buy clothes right now.
If possible, I think we should continue to endure in plain clothes. This… If I asked for that money again- I would get very angry and get beaten with a cane…
I’m already thinking about what to do. If you can’t buy a school uniform, you can’t go to school. There will be no such thing..? I hate that. It was the beginning of the semester, so the classroom was very noisy. I’m very tired from spending last night. So, I want to take a little break. I can’t sleep like this.
“I have to get up, now it’s a group assignment”
“…Ugh…”
That… What was it…? Was this time social..? The teacher who teaches social studies gave each group an assignment.
And today, before the assignment, we divided the roles. Also, I know it’s time to say hello and get to know each other…
“Hello!”
“Nice to meet you!!”
“Yes”
“…Ugh…”
I was dissatisfied. Originally from 2 to 4 people. It’s a group of friends I like, so of course I’m Yoo Seon. I was thinking of doing a group assignment just the two of us.
There is no particular reason. I don’t like it when other kids just interrupt. So… Yoo Seon is on the roster for forming Jo Won. And me. I write my name like this…
“-Ah..! Yaya! Join me too!!!!”
“Me and me too!”
After
, The two girls in the back seat reluctantly wrote their names on the list and submitted it, so it became a group of four.
Since Yoo Seon is a child who doesn’t know how to turn down requests from others. He was so kind and docile… He had the personality to listen when the other person pushed him hard.
So… Yes…
“Because there are so many people! We can do it faster!”
As she said, she rather liked it. Really… Can they do well..? I’m not sure. Just… Wears a jjolti, puts on a lot of makeup- just… That… Looks scary.
“Let’s introduce ourselves first!”
“You..? What’s your name..?”
“Me…? We’re in the same class, should I introduce myself?”
“Ah~ I hate it~ Please do it!!”
“…Uh.. My name is Yuseon Kang..”
“Wow, your voice is amazing. Can you sing well..?”
“I can’t sing”
“How tall are you? 180…? 190…? Any basketball player!”
“You… I heard you beat Taeyang Kim in elementary school…? You’ll be very good at fighting then.”
“By any chance, did you know Park Kyu from Saebyeol Middle School…? Even if you fight him, you win..?”
Once the story begins, there is no sign of it ending.
I think we should talk about assignments soon. The other kids have already decided on roles and things like that – and they’re choosing a topic… That… We’re the only ones talking so loudly.
“…That’s it… Guys, we’re going to have a task…”
“Do you like tteokbokki?”
“…? Eh..? Eating is eating…”
“You say you like tteokbokki…? You’re a total pervert..?”
“What about tteokbokki?”
“Kyaa- Hey, don’t touch me”
……You don’t care what I say.
That’s actually when I opened my mouth- those girls over there. Just looking at me
-What are you talking about, such an idiot.
I could feel him looking at me with those eyes.
When I open my mouth, it just… Drowns out my voice in a louder voice.
Wirelines cling to the left and right, asking weird questions. When Yu Seon tried to concentrate on a task… He would pull her arm, or blow into her ear…
I wish you wouldn’t…Don’t…Don’t… I’d like you to stop…
I didn’t like what those girls were doing.
The wire blowing air into her ears, just rubbing her arms or thighs, the constant attempts to make eye contact – all of that – I didn’t like it.
At times like this, I wish that Yoo Seon-i would come out tougher and defeat those girls…
“No.. It’s not like that..!”
“Uh- you laughed..? You laughed..! It’s funny..?”
“Ahahahaha- you were a kid who knew how to laugh too!!”
Every time I see Yoo Seon-i smiling a little bit, I feel like her body is sinking little by little… Little by little.
Something similar to this happened back in elementary school.
That… Yoo Seon is fun and good at sports-so her other friends play with Yoo Seon, so there were days when she couldn’t play with me much.
She was at the time she was in the first year of elementary school… That was at the time.
I remember saying that kind and kind Yusun would like me to play with other friends even back then. But… I didn’t like that.
Because if you hang out with her other friends, you’ll have to compete to see who is more friendly with Yoo Seon.
So she hated it. When we first met, we ate Pichu pork cutlet and played air games. From then on, the best friend in my heart is Yoo Seon.
I only wanted to hang out with Seon Yoo, but I didn’t like having to play with another friend I didn’t want to be close to, and… Again- I thought that Seon Seon would be taken away by other friends.
What if – it’s more fun playing with them than playing with me. Because I thought that Yoo Seon would not play with me from now on.
To be honest, I didn’t have the confidence to beat the guys in the competition. That… Because, I can’t study, I can’t exercise – I can’t sing. But… Still, I always want to be with Yoo Seon.
So we ran a herd.
I don’t want to play with other kids and only want to play with Yoo Seon. I was so forced Yoo Seon-i got annoyed and accepted all my childishness… I was so happy and nice.
My dear friend. My only friend in the world.
“Hey, why are you looking at me that way..?”
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“What is it? He’s weird… He hasn’t washed his hair for days”
“…Hey, guys, don’t say too much to Jin-ah… Now let’s start talking about the assignment.”
I got to know Yoo Seon first, we hung out together, played a ticket, and when I played house with Yoo Seon, I always played the role of wife… That’s how close I am to Yoo Seon.
I didn’t know anything about Yoo Seon, but when did I see it?
Just… Cling to you kindly, and talk like perverts. So… So I glared at him a little. That… I was looking at this side like I was going to die… I felt bad.
I like it better. I’m closer to Yoo Seon. They did all the things I couldn’t do… I didn’t like it.
From now on, if we do group assignments, if we go out with them
…Inevitably, we have to compete for Yoo Seon-i’s ‘best friend’…
I myself am miserable, sad, and embarrassed to say these things… But I think I won’t be able to defend Yoo’s position as ‘best friend’ against them… I think so. That day I couldn’t sleep all day.